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drawn their barges on the river. A decision is 

 not expected until February. 



Work has been commenced on a new .$12,000 

 planing mill and flnishinK plant for 1". C. Mc- 

 Gee at West Point. 



The biggest event of the kind licid in the 

 histor.v of Nashville as a UimlM'r market will be 

 the annual banquet by the Lumbermen's Club al 

 the Commercial Club rooms on the night of 

 Jan. 2. Charles Morford of the lumber comi)any 

 bearing his name and vice-president of the club, 

 will address the club, his subject being "The 

 Cost of Doing Husiness." Other addresses will 

 be made by local men and invited guests from 

 other cities. There will also be music and 

 vaudeville features. 



KNOXVILLB 



C. G. JlcLaughlin of the Impi'rinI I.umlier 

 Company, Columbus, O.. was a Knoxville visitor 

 last week. Mr. McLaughlin reports trade good 

 with his concern and anticipates good business 

 for 1912. He is making cohlracls in this vicinity 

 to apply on his company's contracts for 11»12. 



E. S. Stevens, local representative of Wm. F. 

 Gallc & Co.. Cincinnati, has been alisent from 

 the city for some time looking up stock for ]!)1"J 

 requirements. He reports that his concern an- 

 ticipates a good business in 1912. 



W. A. Bennett of Bennett & Wittc, Cincinnati, 

 O., was a visitor in the city last week. 



Walter McCabe has .Inst returned from Wains- 

 ville, N. C, where he has shipped <i\il a fine 

 block of oak. 



H. G. Tarvin, manager of the Maryville Lum- 

 ber Company, is making a trip through Ohio in 

 the interests of his concern. Mr. Tarvin expects 

 to lie gone a week or ten days. 



.1. r. Murphy, superintendent of the Little 

 River Lumber Company. li.".s returned from a trip 

 through Ohio, Pennsylvania and .New York in 

 the interests of his concern. 



E. M. Vestal of the Vestal Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Company, has Just returned from a trip 

 to North Carolina. He reports husiness good. 



Ed Maphet of the Logan-Maphet Lumber Com- 

 pany, has just returned from a l)uslness trip to 

 Cincinnati. 



Mr. .lackson of Ault & ,Tackson. Ciminnati, ().. 

 was a visitor in Knoxville last week. 



P. B. Uaymond of the Knoxville Veneer Com- 

 pany, reports business good with his concern and 

 expects to take a trip .North to spend Ihr' holi- 

 days in Indiana. 



L. D. Goddard of the liOgan-.Mapbet Lumber 

 Company, has just returned from his bridal tour 

 and is receivintr thr^ (■■im.'rniMlati.in^ cif liis many 

 friends. 



BRISTOL 



The Black Mountain Lumber Company, which 

 owns a tract of about G,.'JOO acres of hardwood 

 timber in the Holston mountains, is preparing 

 to establish a band mill at Bluff City. The 

 company is owned by Philadelphia lumbermen 

 and the installation of the mill, and the con- 

 struction of a logging railroad will be begun 

 immediately after the first of the year. 



The Whiting .Manufacturing CompanV will ex- 

 tend Its operations In western North I'arulina 

 Iminedialely after the first of the year. General 

 Superintendent .1. M. Lacy was here last wei'k 

 and reports that the company Is doing a very 

 large and satisfactory volume of business. 



The I'axton Lumber Company reports a good 

 volume of business. The company Is closing a 

 splendid year's business and expects to Install 

 new mills and extend the scope of Its opera- 

 tions early In the spring. 



J. W. Beeeher of Pottsvllle, Pa., head of ilie 

 Tennessee Lumber Manufacturing Company of 

 Sutherland, Tenn., Is at the company's offlees 

 near here for a few days. The company's big 



hand mill will close down in the spring, having 

 linished cutting its timber in ,Tohnson county, 

 Tennessee, unless new timber is secured before 

 that time. It has a large amount of lumber on 

 its yards at Sutherland. 



The new band mill ef the Pittsburg Lumber 

 Company at Hampton. Tenn., which has been in 

 <'ourse of construction for some months, will be 

 started shortly after the first of the year. The 

 company has its own logging road and a fifteen 

 years' cut of timber. 



Among the lumber buyers on the l(K-al market 

 recently were: E. L. Edwards of Dayton, O. ; 

 Mr. Mcllviiin of .1. (iibson Mcllvaln & Co. of 

 Philadelphia: C. 11. Hartlove of Price & Heald. 

 Haltimore. 



W. D. Hoover, manager of the Bristol ofHce 

 of James Kennedy & Co., Ltd., of Cincinnati, has 

 liad a tine year's business in this section. Tiie 

 company has shipped out a large amount of 

 hardwood lumber 'from the Bristol district and 

 has many important trade relations hereabouts. 



The Bristol Hardwood Company is now oper- 

 ating several mills in Virginia, and reports a 

 splendid outlook for trade. 



C. E. LeCrone, sales manager for the J. A. 

 Wilkinson Lumber Company, has gone to Pitts- 

 burgh to spend the holidays with home folks. 



The J. A. Wilkinson Lumber Company will put' 

 several new mills in operation in the spring. 

 The company has had a big year's business and 

 its mills, including the mill in Bristol, have run 

 full time. 



C. II. Smith. Jr., manager of the Bristol offle.' 

 of R. A. & J. J. Williams Company of Philadel- 

 phia, has returned from a trip in the interest of 

 bis cinnpimy. 



ST. LOUIS 



The Lumbermen's Exchange recently received 

 a letter from the National Classiflcatiou Commit- 

 tee of Mem^jhis, asking a contribution to the 

 fund, and a higher classification on fibre boxes, 

 which compete with wooden articles. The secre- 

 tary of the exchange. Mr. JlcHlair. was in- 

 structed to answer tlie letter and state that as 

 individual contributions have l)een madi> by mem- 

 bers who are interested, the exchange did not 

 think it feasible to contribute as a Ijody. 



Word has been received by 'I'homas E. Powc. 

 chairman of the tarilT commilli'e of the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange and the LumbiMineu's Club, from 

 the Lumbermc'u's Bui-i'au at Washington, that 

 the St. Louis rate case would be resumed before 

 Examiner Prouty in this city on Jan. 8. The lum- 

 bermen's witnesses will be heard as the railroads 

 have submitted their case. A letter has been 

 sent to the trade by Secretary McBlalr of the 

 Lumbermen's Exchange, asking mi'mbers who 

 have industrial tracks, to send to him in writing 

 ibeir I'xpi'rience on switching charges. Mr. Mi-- 

 Blair says that he expi'cts to make a strong point 

 on Ibis, that the one-ieiii ndvance ciuistitutes 

 much more than the absorption of the switeliing 

 charge. 



The following nominal ions were made by the 

 two committees appointed by the Lmnbi-rinen's 

 Club to make nominations for the oflleers for file 

 .vear 1912: President, Henry G. Uolfes and 

 Henry Boeckeler ; first vice-presldeni, lioland F. 

 Krclis and Charles E. Thonuis ; sectmd vicc- 

 Iircsidi-nl. Charles A. Antrim and Thomas ('. 

 Whilinarsh: treasurer, E. C. Itoblnson and sfc- 

 retary J. B. Kessler. The last two have bei'U 

 holding their respective olhees since the cirgaulza- 

 tlon of the club. 



Herbert Elcldtorn and Gi-oi'ge Ccdcrwell, cnn- 

 lrael<irs, have purehasi'd a site. .IilvIi;:! feel, on 

 whb'h to erect a stair iilant wlib-h will covi-r the 

 I'ntire lot. II Is r>xpecli(l that the building will 

 be ready to begin business by .Mar. 1. .Maebincry 

 will be put In to manufacture stairs, stair cases 

 and window sashes on a large scale. 



The SI. Louis Lumber Hepri'senlatlves' Asso- 

 ciation, composed of local lumber companies' 



salesmen, held its first annual liani|uri last week. 

 John B. Kessler, secretary of the Lumbermen's 

 flub and also .secretary of the Kelail Lumber 

 Dealers' Association, was the honored guest. He 

 gave a heart-to-heart talk. Sev.-ral imprcunptu 

 speeclies were inade and a nvimber of songs sung. 

 The Waldstein Lumber Company, a local con- 

 cern, is installing a new :'.(I.imiii feet capacity 

 band mill at Waldstein. Jelfi'rson county. .Arkan- 

 sas. The mill is located two miles from Keydel, 

 where a 4,000 acre tract of land covered with 

 oak, ash, hickory, gum, cypress, eottonwood and 

 elm is located. 



LOLISVILLB 



The Louisville Point Lumber Company has 

 rounded out a big fall business for 1011. For 

 some time past tlie company has experienced an 

 unusually fine demand for poplar, and has been 

 operating steadily throughout the fall and early 

 winter, succeeding in cleaning up practically 

 every log consigned to it from the Big Sandy 

 district of eastern Kentucky. The Louisville 

 Point sawmill will now be closed down for the 

 winter and there is every indication of a pros- 

 perous spring season to signalize 1012 as a big 

 lumber year. 



E. B. Norman & Co., the well-known Louisville 

 lumber firm, has announced that it will discon- 

 tinue operations at its Louisville sawmill. The 

 local plant is now being dismantled and hence- 

 forward the manufacturing I'Ud of the business 

 will he handled e.^;el^sivc■ly from the big double 

 band plant which the company is now erecting at 

 Holly Ridge. La., and which will be ready for 

 operation by Mar. 1. The Holly Ridge mill will 

 cost IfoO.OOO and when completed is expected to 

 be one of the model plants of the South. How- 

 ever, the firm will continue to ■maintain lumber 

 yards in Louisville, as well as continuing the 

 operation of its box factory in this city. The 

 box factory is making full time without inter- 

 ruption at present, being under the management 

 of S. E. Booker. 



T. M. Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lum- 

 ber Company of Louisville, .went to Memphis. 

 Tenn., last week for a short visit. Besides in- 

 vestigating general trade conditions, Mr. Brown 

 conferred with Memphis nu>ml)ers of the Uohe 

 Lake Lumber Company, in which be is interested. 



The new plant of the Norman Wood-Working 

 Company, located at Ninth street and -Magnolia 

 avenue, Louisville, has commenced operations and 

 is fiillilling every expectation of its owners. The 

 mill is excellently equipped with electric 'motors 

 and is being employed cbietly in resaw work and 

 Ilie manufacture of weatber-b<»arding. 



The Jefferson Wood-Working Company, at Thir- 

 tieth street and Grand avenue, Louisville, Is 

 planning extensive improvements and enlarge- 

 menls in its plant. It Is jiroposed to construct 

 a large frame addition to the present plant, and 

 equli) It with necessary maclilnery and power 

 eipiipment to considerably enlarge the caiinclty 

 of the establishment. The company now manu- 

 factures table .slides as a specialty and will proh 

 ably extend its field with the eomiiletiou nf iin 

 provements. > 



E. C. Allen, manager of the interests of tbe 

 Ulehland Parish Lumber Cumpany In Uayvllle. 

 La., paid a visit to Louisville a sliorl thue ago. 

 Mr. .Mien's call was for tbe purpose of conferring 

 upon business matters with the members of C. C. 

 Mingel & Bro. Company of this city, who con- 

 trol Ilu' ItU'bland Pai'Isb concern. Tbe Louisiana 

 lumberman reported trade ciuidllions to be equit- 

 able in bis section, with unifcu'm cause for 

 o|)tlndsm in considering the outlook fm* next 

 year. 



\ bill of legisintliUI <i|' lliipiirlanee In the lum- 



bi'r Irade of Kentucky and Ilie South Is now In 

 the hiinds of a eommltlee nf tlii- WomiMi's Club 

 of Louisville. The committee will forward It to 

 I'rankfort as soon as the stall' legislature con- 



